1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron,
2 “This is the legal statute that the Lord has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red cow that has no defect and has never been yoked.
3 Give it to Eleazar the priest, and he will have it brought outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.
4 Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the tent of meeting.
5 The cow must be burned in his sight. Its hide, flesh, and blood, are to be burned along with its dung.
6 The priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and crimson yarn, and throw them onto the fire where the cow is burning.
7 Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp, but he will remain ceremonially unclean until evening.